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Posted: July 1, 2009

SUSS MicroTec Strengthens Presence in Asia with New Sales Structure

(Nanowerk News) SUSS MicroTec, one of the world´s leading suppliers of process and test solutions for microstructuring applications in semiconductor and related markets, today announced a new structure for sales in Asia based in Singapore.

With the consolidation of the sales office in Bangkok (Thailand) having administered sales and service for lithography and wafer bonder equipment in Asia and the former Singapore office of SUSS MicroTec Test Systems to a joint sales office for the three product lines in Singapore and with the appointment of ZMC Technologies as general sales representative for Malaysia, Singapore and Philippines SUSS MicroTec reinforces its strong presence in Asia already maintaining sales offices in Seoul (Korea), Shanghai (China), Yokohama (Japan) and Hsinchu (Taiwan). SUSS MicroTec now also operates two fully equipped application centres in Yokohama and Singapore and provides realtime after-sales support for both process and test solutions to its Asian customers.

By appointing ZMC Technologies as the general sales representative for Malaysia, Singapore and Philippines SUSS MicroTec is streamlining its sales and service organisation thus providing high-level of customer support for all product lines. ZMC has already successfully been representing SUSS MicroTec´s test solutions for more than eight years and will now be extending its services to sell and support SUSS MicroTec´s advanced lithography and wafer bonding systems.

“Within the global semiconductor and MEMS markets customers demand new advanced processes requiring the one-source solutions offered by SUSS MicroTec. Streamlining our organization is therefore a logic step for us”, said Frank Averdung, president and CEO of SUSS MicroTec. “With our strengthened presence in Asia we are not only closer to our customers but also able to offer all our customers high-level of sales and applications support for our complete product portfolio.”

The office of SUSS MicroTec Singapore is located at The Comtech, 60, Alexandra Terrace, #02-21 118502 Singapore.